Breviary or prayer book
Psalms 2 and 8
F-211s
General Information
The text begins with an illuminated initial Q (Quare fremuerunt gentes) introducing the second psalm in its entirety. This is followed immediately by Psalm 8 (Domine dominus noster). The text ends at the bottom of the page in the middle of verse 7.
Ike de Loos (2001) describes this leaf as belonging to a psalter, but the psalms in a psalter would normally occur in numerical order. Furthermore, it's unlikely that Psalm 2 would only appear on page 133 of a psalter rather than at the beginning. It's more likely that these two psalms were added at the end of another kind of manuscript, perhaps a deluxe breviary.
Original Condition
Medieval foliation in top margin of verso side, using Roman numerals (.c.xxxiij.)
Current Condition
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
The verso contains a 3-line trompe-l'loeil initial Q in ochre and gold acanthus leaves on a green background, set in a square frame, with a truncated Ghent-Bruges border piece framing the initial on two sides in the upper left corner of the page.
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Liturgical psalter
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Content Description
- Psalm 2 (fol. 133r-v); Psalm 8:1-7 (fol. 133v, defective).
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